Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins th…

Which stratagem did the council adopt in order to identify the rightful suitor among the twenty men?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: stratagem · What happens: adopt, identify · To what, where: rightful suitor

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 stratagem	det
2	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adopt	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 adopt	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 council	det
5	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adopt	nsubj
6	adopt	adopt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 identify	mark
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	fixed
9	to	to	PART	_	10 identify	mark
10	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 adopt	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 suitor	det
12	rightful	rightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 suitor	amod
13	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 identify	obj
14	among	among	ADP	_	17 men	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 men	det
16	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 men	nummod
17	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 identify	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 adopt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	past · do-support	which stratagem						vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	identify	to-infinitive	which stratagem not said here	the rightful suitor				among the twenty men	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent suitor=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A child was to present an apple to one man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 present	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 present	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 present	mark
5	present	present	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 apple	det
7	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 present	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 man	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 man	nummod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 present	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a child					to one man; present property	tree rules

Option 2

A young child was to walk into the room and present a red apple to the one man chosen

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 walk	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 walk	mark
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 room	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 present	cc
11	present	present	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 walk	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 apple	det
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 apple	amod
14	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 present	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 man	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 man	det
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 man	nummod
18	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 present	obl
19	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 man	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	a young child			the room	walk property	tree rules
2	present	infinitive	a young child not said here	a red apple	the one man			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent apple=Theme to man=Recipient
3	choose	participle		the one man not said here				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A test of skill was set for all twenty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 test	det
2	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 set	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 skill	case
4	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 test	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 set	aux:pass
6	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 twenty	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 twenty	det
9	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · passive		a test of skill				for all twenty	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient for twenty=Beneficiary
2	test			skill					nom test «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The king would decide by a riddle contest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decide	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 decide	aux
4	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 contest	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 contest	det
7	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contest	compound
8	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	would	the king					by a riddle contest	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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